Water-cooler.



PATENTED JAN. 2, 1906.

, G. E. SAVAGE.

WATER COOLER- APPLIGATION FILED MM2, 1904.

,verted bottle supported by the cover.

second bottom.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

.Patented Jan. 2, 1906.

Application filed May 2. 1904. Serial No. 205.860.

v ved certain new and useful Improvements in f Water-Coolers,of whichthe following is a full,

clear, and exactdescri'ption.

My invention relates to improvements in refrigeration, and particularlyto a watercooler for office and family use.

The object of my invention is to provide simpie, economical, reliable,and sanitary construction for cooling drinking-water by means oi' ice.

Y i"he invention consists in a construction substantially as shown inthe accompanying single sheet of drawings. A body part is provided whichforms an ice-chamber surrounding a water-reservoir. A single cover` forboth the water-reservoir and the ice-chamber issupported by the bodyportion. A. reserve supply of water is contained within an in The neckof the bottle extends into the water-reservoir and is sealed by thewater therein. rlhe water-reservoir is removable and constructed ofenameled metal ware, while the walls of the body and the cover areprotected by thermal insulation to prevent absorption of heat andsweating. The bottom e. the body is double and provides a passage forthe outlet-pipe. l have also provided a base portion which serves toreceive the waste water from a glass receptacle at one side.

Figure l is a front elevation oi a watercooler embodying theimprovements of my invention. Fig". 2 is a vertical section at rightangles to the position of Fig. i. and showing the water-liottle andoutlet-pipe in side elevation. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the body of thecooler' and reservoir with the cover and bottle removed. i

l is the main body portion or casing.

2 is the base and waste-waterreceptacle.

3 is the waterfreservoir.-

4 is the dome-shaped supporting-cover.`

5 is an inverted Water-bottle.

The body portion has the inner wall 6 and the packing 7 of suitablematerial, such as cork sawdust.

8 is the bottom of the ice-chamber, and 9 a They 4form between them aspace through which the outlet-pi pe lO passes. The water-reservoir 3 issupported within the ice-chamber by the inner bottom 8. The an- 'a nularflange 11 is secured to the inner bottom the neck of the bottle.

and aHords a guide and centering means for v the water-reservoir 3. Theinner end of the outlet-pipe 1() is upturned and provided with ascrew-threaded portion for the vclamping-nut 1Q.

13 is a metal Washer, and 14; and 15 are rubber washers which affordyielding supports for Vthe bottom of the water-reservoir 3.

` The reservoir may be readily removed by simply loosening the nut 12.This facilitates greatly the cleaning of the reservoir, which is soessential to a sanitary condition. The inlet to the pipe l0 being raisedabove the bottom of the reservoir, a space is formed around it in whichany sediment may collect and not be drawn off until desired. Fig. 3shows how this reservoir 3 is mounted eccentrically of the ice-chamber,so as to provide a space on the front forllarger pieces of ice thanwould be possible ifnthe reservoir were mounted concentrically. 1

16 is a iiange which is spun outat the lower end of the body portion toform a shoulder, which rests on the top of the base portion 2.

' 17 is a pin carriedby the body for fittingv into a notch in the baseand holding the parts in their proper relative positions.

18 is a glass or drinking-cup receptacle, which is connected to the baseby a tube 19. Waste water is thrown into the receptacle 18 and runs intothe base, where it is retained. rlhe body portion may be removed bysimply lifting it from the base.

The mouth of the cover is provided with two shoulders 20 and 21 tosupport correspondingly-t'ormed portions oi' the water-bottle 4, so asto give a steady yet somewhat yielding support for the same. and packedwith insulating material. The inner wall 22 of the cover is arched, asshown particularly in Fig. Q, and connected to the throat by means ofthe collar 23, which acts as a keystone to withstand compression. Thisarch aHords a very strong construction for supporting the considerableweight of the tilled Water-bottle. The base 24 of the cover tits snuglywithin the upper edge of the body portion and rests upon the shoulder 25formed by the upper end of the inner wail 7, which takes the thrust. I

The `mouth of the bottle is preferably reduced in area, so as to preventa large volume of Water Howing out suddenly. l have therefore providedthe outlet-tube 26, which is secured to'sorne suitable cork for littinginto The cover is hollow IIO n operation the reservoir 3 and the spacebetween the waterinner wall 7 of the body -This permits air Water isthen preferably poured into the reservoir 3 untilit nearly fills thesame. The cover 4 is then placed in position and the waterloottle 5inverted quickly, so that its mouth or outlet 26 extends into thereservoir. lAs soon as suficient water fiows from the bottle to fill thereservoir to a point-above the llower end of the outlet the water willcease to ioiv.

When Water is drawn from the faucet, the

level of water in the reservoir is lowered. to enter the outlet 26, andhence permits Water to liow into the reservoir from the bottle, asbefore. There is sufficient leakage of air around the cover to continuethe operation properly.

The use of this construction .insures cool ydrinking-water; but sincethe reservoir is supplied with fresh but Warmer Water from the bottlefrom time 'to-time the temperature does not fall as low as thetemperature of the ice, which would be undesirable.

What'I claim is- 1. AIn a water-cooler, the combination of a bodyportion having thermally-insulated side walls and `forming anice-chamber, a double bottom, a glazed or enameled reservoir, anoutlet-pipe from the body portion having an upwardly-turned inner endextending upward bodyportion having through the inner bottom and thebottom of said reservoir, means for centering said reservoir and asetnut for coactingwith the upwardly-turned end of said outlet-pipe forsecuring said rservoir lin place, a cover for said an opening and aninverted bottle supported with its outlet within said reservoir.

2. A water-cooler comprising the combination of a body portion withinsulated side walls having a shoulder near the top and an opening, awide-mouthed water-reservoir mounted in said body, a single separatecover for` said body portion and said reservoir having double metallicwalls spaced apart with insulating material lilled therein, said coverrising inthe form of an arch from a shoulder of said body `portion andhaving an annular liange or rimsurrounding a central opening and anvinverted water-bottle having a shoulder supported by said fiange, theneck of said bottle protruding /GEORGE E. SAVAGE.

1 Witnesses: i A. L. S'rn'rsoN.

W. E. GRAHAM.

freely and unsupported within the mouth of

